Re: Plone-users list activity

ctheobald wrote
> I am wondering whether the trend of this list is a 
> result of 1) everybody knows plone well enough to not ask questions; 2) 
> people are on another forum; 3) nobody uses plone; 4) ??

My opinion??
--> *3)*

Look at the Irc channel... In the past, the good old days, you hardly have 5
minutes without any message... now it goes for *hours* without any
movement...
But, of course, everyone is free to pretend that everything is fine and
don't see the reality.

Take for instance, the recent release of the Plone 5 beta.
It will be nice to have a few friendly release notes, maybe saying what is
already stable, what is still subject to change, known problems, etc... 
That will motivate people...
Some use to say:
/"Plone 5 is looking beautiful"/
But, the true is that customers, the ones that really matter, don't care
about looks, they want a product that just works and solve their problems in
a *efficient* way.
And, Plone has been steadily moving away from that goal.
That is why it is loosing market share day by day.
That is why, unless you are a BIG integrator, it is very hard, almost
impossible to win and bring new clients to Plone.
And the developers migrate for more greener pastures.
Currently, what has Plone to offer to differentiate from the rivals?
1) fair security
2) good workflow
3) /absurd complexity.../

As I said, just my opinion.
J.






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